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Technology transmits sense of touch over Web

UB Reporter:

Engineers in the Virtual Reality Laboratory at UB have developed a new technology that transmits the sensation of touch over the Internet.

The breakthrough could lead to creation of haptic technologies that convey the sense of touch and would teach users how to master skills and activities—such as surgery, sculpture, playing the drums or even golf—that require the precise application of "touch" and movement, says Thenkurussi Kesavadas, director of the Virtual Reality Lab and associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Gives new meaning to the ad slogan "Reach out and touch somebody."

-Tim

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